Police: Teenage girls shot in East Topeka

Monday

Sep 18, 2017 at 3:26 AM

Luke Ranker

An East Topeka shooting left a pair of teenage girls injured, police said.

Just before midnight officers were dispatched to the 2600 block of S.E. 10th where they found two teens, Sgt. Steven Block said. Their identities have not been released, but Block said the girls were walking on the sidewalk when the shooting occurred.

Both were taken to a local hospital, but Block said injuries appeared "very minor."

The shooting is under investigation, and no suspect information was available as of 4 p.m. Monday.

Anyone with information related to this crime is asked to call Topeka Police Department Detectives at (785) 368-9400 or Crime Stoppers at (785) 234-0007.

Contact reporter Luke Ranker at (785) 295-1270 or @lrankerNEWS on Twitter. Like him on Facebook at facebook.com/lukeranker.

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